<p>Wake Forest had over 9,000 applications last year.</p>
<p>Straight from the Director of Admissions:
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<p>The relevant part quotes Martha Allman: “I have been asked if we made this decision as a publicity stunt just to increase applications and have honestly replied that after reviewing 9,000 this year we have about as many applications as we can handle. Don’t get me wrong, we always want more excellent applications, but more for the sake of more — certainly not.”</p>